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Humor
Monsieur Jean
Dupuy & Berberian
Monsieur Jean is a handsome Parisian novelist whose everyday life and its inescapable existential
woes are comedically told by the talented team of Dupuy & Berberian, winners of the 2008
Grand Prix de la ville d’Angoulême. Whether it’s the unexpected visit of an old friend, a trip
to his inlaws, the arrival of a child, the frustrations of writer’s block, or even dealing with his
moody landlady, Monsieur Jean’s life and times all share a tenderness and a dash of irony,
halfway between Sempé and Margerin.
The Singles Theory (La Théorie des gens seuls)
Dupuy & Berberian
Monsieur Jean is back in this standalone volume. At once continuing the adventures of our
favorite Parisian bachelor and that of his entourage, this beautifully designed two-color title also
further explores the dreams and nostalgia that invariably come with adulthood.
Paris Soirees (Soirs de Paris)
Philippe Petit-Roulet & François Avril
An intellectual yet ironic journey through the City of Love as told through a wordless collection of
short stories surrounding the many different types of nights one can enjoy in the French capital.
Drawn and written by the artsy creative team of Avril and Petit-Roulet, it is a must-have book
for collectors of the best that Europe’s bande dessinée has to offer.
Through The Walls (Les Passe-Murailles)
Jean-Luc Cornette & Stéphane Oiry
A series of droll vignettes of everyday French life… except for the fact that each short story features
one or more characters that have the very special ability of walking through walls, and through
any other objects for that matter, which tends to "enliven" things quite a bit…
Monsieur Jean
Vol. 1 - Monsieur Jean, l’amour, la concierge, 52 pages, color, 1991
Vol. 2 - Les Nuits les plus blanches, 52 pages, color, 1992
Vol. 3 - Les Femmes et les enfants d’abord, 52 pages, color, 1994
Vol. 4 - Vivons heureux sans en avoir l’air, 64 pages, color, 1998
Vol. 5 - Comme s’il en pleuvait, 56 pages, color, 2001
Format: 22.5 x 29.7 cm, hard cover
Omnibus 1, 120 pages, color, 2007
Omnibus 2, 120 pages, color, 2007
Format: 19 x 26 cm, soft cover
Rights sold: English, German, Dutch, Finnish, Croatian,
Norwegian, Spanish, Italian & Korean
Press rights sold: English, Dutch, Finnish & Swedish
the Singles Theory
(La Théorie des gens seuls)
One shot, 128 pages 19 x 26 cm, two colors, 2011
Format: 19x26 cm, softcover, short stories
Rights sold: German, Spanish (Spain & Argentina),
Dutch, English, Finnish & Italian
Press rights sold: Latvian
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Paris Soirees
(Soirs de Paris)
One shot, 64 pages, color, July 2012
Format: 30,5 x 40,6 cm, hard cover,
short stories
Rights sold: English
Through The Walls
(Les Passe-Murailles)
Vol. 1 - Le Dedans des choses, 48 pages,
color, 2005
Vol. 2 - A tort et à travers, 48 pages, color,
2006
Format: 22.5 x 29.7 cm, hard cover, short stories
Press rights sold: Finnish & Dutch
Rights sold: Italian & English
Maximum & Minimum
Jerry Frissen & Walder
Maximum and Minimum are two regular guys whose obsession with all things Lucha Libre and
all things Japanese have inspired them to become HEROES! By day, they are dishwashers at a
small restaurant in Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo neighborhood. By night, they hope to save the weak
(particularly the really cute and sexy female ones...) from the clutches of Evil! When children begin
mysteriously disappearing from the streets of Little Tokyo, our duo isn't all that bothered until they
find out that the prettiest waitress at their restaurant is DEVASTATED by the news. Hoping to
gain her affection, our two "heroes" investigate the kidnappings. What they find is a humongous
conspiracy involving a secret underground city below Little Tokyo, and lots of KILLER ROBOTS!
The Werewolf of Solvang
(Le Loup-garou de Solvang)
Jerry Frissen & Christophe Gaultier
In The Werewolf of Solvang, we get a glimpse of a young El Gladiator (leader of the
Unfabulous Five) as he struggles with romance and adventure during the 1980s. As an up-andcomer heroine, Madame Belle decides to study the intricacies of "heroism" from the seasoned veteran
El Gladiator. Unfortunately, El Glad and Madame Belle want something drastically different from
their "team-up." Madame Belle’s happy being the "Robin" to El Gladiator’s "Batman". However,
El Gladiator is hoping she will be the "Eve" to his "Adam." In this team-up adventure, El Gladiator
and Madame Belle investigate the peculiar sightings of a werewolf in the California tourist town of
Solvang. Is there some truth to the rumor that a werewolf has been seen atop the tacky Danish windmills of Solvang? Or is it all
a hoax intended to attract tourists? The truth will HAUNT you (and make you laugh)!
El Gladiator against Mango
(El Gladiator contre Mango)
Jerry Frissen & various
Gladiator against Mango: an album written by Jerry Frissen and drawn by 38 different artists! Dive
into the new adventure from one of the main characters of Lucha Libre, El Gladiator, with this
extraordinary album. Having decided to rekindle a romance with Mrs. Belle, who is now in love
with a werewolf, El Gladiator teams up with Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff, aliens visiting our
planet Earth, to convince her to be his lover. But it all becomes very complicated when a giant
named Mango kidnaps Mrs. Belle, right before El Glad’s stupefied eyes! This limited edition
comic brings together a wide variety of A-list artists such as Frank Margerin, Zoran Janjetov,
François Boucq, and Kéramidas. All together, 38 artists took part in the creation of this unique album, each contributing
their respective artistic styles.
Maximum & Minimum
Brüssli
One1 shot,
48 pages, color,
Vol.
- Le Conquérant,
482011
pages, color, 2006
Format:
22Guerrier,
x 32 cm, hard
cover color, 2007
Vol.
2 - Le
48 pages,
Vol. 3 - scheduled for early 2011
Format: 24 x 32 cm, hard cover
The Werewolf of Solvang
Gargouilles
(Le1 Loup-garou
de color,
Solvang)
Vol.
- Le Voyageur, 48 pages,
2003
One2 shot,
48 pages,
color,482011
Vol.
- La Clé
du temps,
pages, color, 2004
Format:
22 xGardiens,
32 cm, hard
Vol.
3 - Les
56 cover
pages, color, 2005
Vol. 4 - Phidias, 48 pages, color, 2006
Vol. 5 - Le double maléfique, 56 pages, color, 2008
Vol. 6 - le Livre des mages, 48 pages, color, 2009
Vol. 7 - Scheduled for 2011
Format: 24 x 32 cm, hard cover, one story per album
Rights sold: Galician
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El Gladiator against Mango
Henriette
(El1 Gladiator
contre
Mango)
Vol.
– Une envie de trop,
56 pages, color,
1998
One2shot,
pages,
Vol.
– Un40
temps
de color,
chien,2010
56 pages, color, 1999
Format:
19,1 x potes,
28 cm,56
hard
covercolor, 2001
Vol.
3 – Trop
pages,
Le Journal d’Henriette
Vol. 1 – 48 pages, color, 2000
Vol. 2 – 48 pages, color, 2000
Vol. 3 – 48 pages, color, 2000
Format: 22.5 x 29.7 cm, hard cover, short stories
Rights sold: Spanish & Korean
Unfabulous Five (The Luchadores Five)
- Completed series
Jerry Frissen & Bill
Lucha Libre, the Mexican art of wrestling, has made its way to Southern California in the form
of the Luchadores Five, a gang unlike any other, whose mission is to clean up its East Los Angeles
community. But despite all of their best attempts to get rid of crime in their hometown, the
Unfabulous 5, as they are sometimes known, are regularly arrested by the police, roughed up
by a myriad of other gangs, including Werewolves and Big Breasted Latina Dancers with
machine guns, ridiculed by the public, AND chastised by their family and loved ones.
Between battles and laughs, The Luchadores Five is a story of acceptance, camaraderie, and
the importance of tradition, culture, and community. It is set in a world much like today’s, but in this unique universe of the
Lucha Libre, with all its eccentric yet lovable characters, the social issues are addressed in an imaginative and hysterical way.
Tequila - Completed series
Jerry Frissen & Gobi
Tequila believes he was abandoned by his parents as an infant and raised by the cacti of Mexico.
When his adopted parents (yes, the cacti) died, he fermented their remains in a bottle and made
tequila. Whenever he is weak, he takes a swig of this "special" tequila made from the remains of his
adopted parents. A former member of the Unfabulous 5, Tequila was kicked out of the gang by its
leader, El Gladiator, over a mysterious disagreement. Tequila now lives in a trailer park with his
wife Cheryl, and despite his immense size and superhuman strength, he is actually an enormously
sensitive guy who can regularly be found crying in the comforting arms of his spouse, gently rocking
to the amorous sounds of Mariachi music. That is until his troubled past returns to haunt him in
the form of different villains…
The Tikitis (Les Tikitis) - Completed series
Jerry Frissen & Fabien M.
Philoloco, Doctor Sumo, Polynome Z and Cerebrex are four retired Luchadores known as THE
TIKITIS. They thought life would be easy living on a small, Polynesian "Savage Island". Boy,
were they wrong! Amidst dealing with becoming old men, they have accidentally found themselves
in the most savage of habitats where world-threatening evildoers regularly create turmoil in the
island’s jungles. It’s hard to call retired life on a tropical island "paradise" when you have to
deal with Voodoo zombies, brain-swapping mad scientists, a cyclops and, worst of all, a visit
from Philoloco’s overbearing mother!
Unfabulous Five
(Luchadores Five)
Vol. 1 - La Cité des hommes brisés, 64 pages, color, 2008
Vol. 2 - Lucha beach party, 48 pages, color, 2009
Vol. 3 - Les Créatures du lac de cuir noir, 48 pages, color, 2010
Format: 22,3 x 32 cm, hard cover, 3 volume series
Rights sold: English, Spanish & Galician
Press rights sold: English (Malaysia)
Tequila
Vol. 1 - Les Épines de la destruction, 64 pages, color, 2008
Vol. 2 - Tant pis pour le Sud, 48 pages, color, 2009
Vol. 3 - Tolérance zéro, 48 pages, color, 2011
Format: 22,3 x 32 cm, hard cover, 3 volume series
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The Tikitis
(les Tikitis)
Vol. 1 - La Guerre des cerveaux, 64 pages, color, 2008
Vol. 2 - L’Aventure de l’inventif, 48 pages, color, 2009
Vol. 3 - L’Homme aux mille tours, 48 pages, color, 2010
Format: 22,3 x 32 cm, hard cover, 3 volume series
Rights sold: Spanish & English
La Honte aux Trousses
Jano
More than a mere backdrop, the French "banlieue", the Parisian suburbs of the 1980s, rich with
the smells of gasoline and cheap beer, becomes a character in the comical adventures of Kebra the
rat and his band of greasy hoods, as imagined by the talented Jano.
Sur la piste du Bongo & Wallaye
Jano
Keubla and Kebra are two hoodlums looking to make a quick buck on African soil. However, on the
journey they think will lead them to riches, they run afoul raging sorcerers, crazed revolutionaries,
and dealers of everything and anything under the sun! In this story, Jano offers a glimpse of the
multifaceted reality of modern-day Africa, where hypnotizing colors mix with vivid landscapes, and
where the worst of criminals are the best of hosts. As tradition blends with contemporary society, the
voyage begins!
Les Closh, gloires et déboires
Dodo & Ben Radis
Meet the Closh, five musicians with more talent than they know what to do with, and who love
to play rock’n roll! However, there’s one slight problem in between their music and the public that
wants to hear it, it’s a little thing called show business! Lousy record companies, incompetent
radio disc jockeys, and shady producers, all make it hard for this talented band to reach the top
of the charts!
Chaland Anthology (Tout Chaland)
- Completed series
Yves Chaland
The art of Chaland tackles many different universes and genres. For example, while Freddy
Lombard follows exotic adventures, Young Albert explores more intimate and everyday events
and is also largely autobiographical. In Tout Chaland all the author’s now legendary characters
are assembled: Freddy Lombard, Adolphus Claar, Young Albert, and many others. This is a
collection in 4 volumes of the complete works by Yves Chaland, a genius who tragically left us far
too young. In addition to his contributions to comics, Chaland has been acclaimed for his work in
advertising and his ability to renew the "ligne claire" drawing style in the most sarcastic of ways.
Brüssli
Gargouilles
La Honte aux trousses Sur la piste du Bongo
Les Closhs, gloires et déboires
Vol.
1 - Lecolor,
Conquérant,
Vol. 1 - Le Voyageur,
pages,etcolor,
200388 pages color, 2003
48 pages
1983 48 pages, color, 2006
56 pages, color, 1986
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Gloires
déboires,
Vol.
2 - Le
48hard
pages,
color, 2007 Format: 22,5 x 29,7 cm, hardVol.
du temps,
color,
Format:
21,5Guerrier,
x 28,7 cm,
cover
cover2 - La CléFormat:
22,548x pages,
29,7 cm,
hard2004
cover
Vol. 3 - scheduled for early 2011
Vol. 3 - Les Gardiens, 56 pages, color, 2005
Format: 24 x 32 cm, hard cover
Vol. 4 - Phidias, 48 pages, color, 2006
Wallaye
Vol. 5 - Le double maléfique, 56 pages, color, 2008
48 pages color, 1987
Format: 22,5 x 29,7 cm, hardVol.
cover6 - le Livre des mages, 48 pages, color, 2009
Vol. 7 - Scheduled for 2011
Format: 24 x 32 cm, hard cover, one story per album
Rights sold: Galician
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Henriette
chaland antology (Tout Chaland)
Vol.
1 – Une
envie Le
de trop,
56 pages,
color, 1998de Bouillon,
Freddy
Lombard,
Testament
de Godefroid
Vol.
2 – Uncolor,
temps
de chien, 56 pages, color, 1999
38 pages,
2003
Vol.
3 – Lombard,
Trop potes,
pages, color,
2001 48 pages, color, 2012
Freddy
Le56
Cimetière
des éléphants,
Le
Journal
d’Henriette
Freddy
Lombard,
La Comète de Carthage 46 pages, color, 2003
Vol.
1 – 48
pages, color,
2000
Freddy
Lombard,
Vacances
à Budapest, 52 pages, color, 2003
Vol.
2 – 48
pages, color,
Freddy
Lombard,
F.52, 2000
50 pages, color, 2003
Vol.
3 – 48
pages, color,
2000
Freddy
Lombard:
Omnibus
1, 136 pages, color, 2003
Format:
x 29.7Omnibus
cm, hard 2,
cover,
short stories
Freddy 22.5
Lombard:
136 pages,
color, 2003
Rights
sold:Omnibus
Spanish3&- Captivant,
Korean Bob Fish, 136 pages, color, 2003
Chaland:
Chaland: Omnibus 4, Le Jeune Albert - Adolphus Claar,
128 pages, color, 2004
Format: 24 x 32 cm, hard cover
Rights sold: Freddy Lombard - Greek, Italian, Spanish, Swedish,
German & English
The Zombies that Ate the World (Les Zombies qui
ont mangé le monde) - Completed series
Jerry Frissen, Guy Davis (vol. 1-2) & Jorge Miguel (vol. 3)
Los Angeles, 2064. In a world where humans have to live along with the living dead, a new job
opportunity arises: zombie catcher. Karl Neard, his sister Maggie, and his Belgian friend Freddy
Merckx, all embrace this "career" in the hope of making easy money. Unfortunately, the job is not that
simple: not only are the "dead" zombie bodies still walking, but they also have a terrible stench and
an awful sense of humor. As a matter of fact, zombies just do not care about anything as their lives
are behind them and they now have an eternity to enjoy what is left of the world. Karl and his team
will quickly find this fact out as they end up surrounded by all sorts of ghoulish freaks. Illustrated by
award winning American comics star Guy Davis (B.P.R.D., Sandman Mystery Theatre).
Scènes de la vie de banlieue
Caza
This omnibus edition compiles the short stories by Caza, which take place in the French suburbs
of the late seventies. When supernatural fantasy overcomes your everyday life, the result can be
quite cruel and quite funny.
Rat’s - Completed series
Ptiluc
The anthology of Rat’s: the most deliciously provocative comic of Ptiluc. He creates here an animal
universe where the challenges and stakes are surprisingly human... A funny and acerbic critic of
our contemporary society!
MONKEYS (NI DIEU NI BETE) - Completed series
Ptiluc
Two monkeys, one teacher and one student, discuss the philosophies of the human being and his
standing in the lengthy evolutionary ladder. Enough to keep any and all two-legged creatures
thinking and entertained!
Brüssli
The Zombies that Ate
Vol.
Le Conquérant,
pages, color, 2006
the1 -World
(Les48
Zombies
Vol.
- Le Guerrier,
48 pages,
color, 2007
qui2 ont
mangé
le monde)
Vol. 31 --Ramenez-moi
scheduled for ma
earlytête,
2011
104 pages, color,
Format:
oct. 201124 x 32 cm, hard cover
Vol. 2 - Le Onzième Commandement, 104
pages, color,
July 2012
Vol. 3 - scheduled for January 2014
Format: 17.2x 26.8 cm, hard cover
Rights sold: English, German, Italian, & Spanish
Press rights sold: Finnish & Croatian
Gargouilles
Henriette Monkeys
Scènes de la
vie de banlieue :
Rat’s
Vol. 1 - Le Voyageur, 48 pages, color,Vol.
2003
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de trop,
56 pages,
color, 1998
L’intégrale
1 - En partance pour nulle part,
Dieu
ni bête)
Vol.color,
2 - La2003
Clé du temps, 48 pages, color, 2004
Vol. 2 – Un temps Vol.
de chien,
56 pages, color,
19991992
Omnibus, 176 pages,
1995
1 - Élucubrations
primales
Vol.
3 - cover
Les Gardiens, 56 pages, color,
Vol.color,
3 – 1996
Trop potes,
562pages,
2001et Débat 1992
Format: 24 x 32 cm,
hard
Vol.2005
2 - Quand pousse le bitume, 48 pages,
Vol.
- Entrecolor,
Débâcle
Vol. 4 - Phidias, 48 pages, color, 2006
Journal
Vol. 3 - Attention à la Marche, 48 pages,Lecolor,
1999d’Henriette
Vol. 3 - Le Sexe des anges et l’âme de la guenon 1995
Vol. 5 - Le double maléfique, 56 pages,
2008 épineux, 48 pages, color,
Vol. 2000
1 – 48 pages, color,
2000
Vol.color,
4 - Problèmes
Format:
21,5 x 29,7 cm hard cover, 3 volume series
Vol. 6 - le Livre des mages, 48 pages,Vol.
color,5 2009
Vol.
2
–
48
pages,
color, 2000
- On peut toujours discuter, 48 pages,
Vol. 7 - Scheduled for 2011
Vol.
3
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48
pages,
color,
2000
color, 2002
Format: 24 x 32 cm, hard cover, one Vol.
story6per
Format:
22.5 x 29.7 cm, hard cover, short stories
- Laalbum
lutte continue, 48 pages, color,
2002
Rights sold: Galician
Rights
sold: Spanish & Korean
Vol. 7 - Tous à la flotte, 48 pages, color,
2004
Vol. 8 - Tout baigne, 48 pages, color, 2006
Vol. 9 - Cradolapino, 48 pages, color, 2007
Format: 22.5 x 29.7 cm, hard cover, 9 volume series
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By the Numbers (La Vie de Victor Levallois)
- Completed series
Laurent Rullier & Stanislas
The year is 1948 and Victor Levallois is entrusted with an unusual errand: deliver a suitcase full
of U.S. currency to the port of Marseilles. The suitcase is stolen and Victor finds himself bound for
Saigon and the decadence, intrigue and adventure of a colonial war!
Created by Stanislas, one of the cofounders of L’Association, Victor Levallois has now been reprinted
in its entirety (originally published by Alpen publishers.)
Anges - Completed series
Dieter & O. G. Boiscommun
Jeliel and Yesod are facetious, intelligent, and rather lazy angels, used by the Divine Authorities to
keep the Church in good order. They are first ordered to bring peace back to the quiet gothic church
of Saint-Eustache where the usual torpor is threatened by a significant increase in sins. All signs
indicate the intrusion of demonic envoys. After the first exciting book where Good finally triumphs
over Evil, our angels are compensated for their efficient work by a transfer to a tiny parish in Brittany
where traditional witchcraft has returned. No peace for these angels! A charming mix of poetry and
laughter pervades this series.
Dans les villages
Max Cabanes
In the village of Merdouzills, life is simple and peacefully sways along to the gentle rhythm of
the good intentioned habits of its four fingered inhabitants. Babies are always born in the
spring, and the nights are always spent around the fire. Eat, drink, and sleep are the ways of
life. Jean-Marie and Julienne are two inseparable friends who are very loyal to their well-loved
village. But the arrival of Jonasthan on his acrobatic bicycle will disrupt the continuity of their
little world. The cyclist claims to have found a stash of corniflure, a substance that causes bouts
of intelligence in whoever consumes it. On their journey to this coveted good, the gang from
Merdouzills will encounter many strange beings as they wonder further and further away from their cherished land. A comical
tale rich in poetry and adventure.
The Shadow’s Treasure (Le trésor de l’ombre)
François Boucq & Alexandro Jodorowsky
Because of their love of both word and image, Alexandro Jodorowsky challenged François Boucq
to a game. Jodorowsky would write dozens of short stories, set in universes both small and large in
scope, full of wisdom and humor, poetry and brutality, irony and beauty. From these fables, Boucq
would pick forty or so tales to draw, to comment on, to direct. The thoughts of one man would
guide the hand of the other. The perspective of the artist would surprise the vision of the writer. The
game ended up taking them further than expected. Together, they created a truly original piece of
work, where the art was fully intertwined to the writing, as lyrics are to music. This edition is as
beautiful as their art, both respectively and collaboratively.
By
the Numbers
Brüssli
(La
de Victor
Levallois)
Vol. 1 Vie
- Le Conquérant,
48 pages,
color, 2006
Vol. 12--Trafic
en Indochine,
48 pages,
color, 1990
Le Guerrier,
48 pages,
color, 2007
Vol. 23--La
Route defor
Cao
Bang,
48 pages, color, 1992
scheduled
early
2011
Vol.
3 - Le
de la cover
Butte-Rouge, 48 pages,
Format:
24Manchot
x 32 cm, hard
color, 1994
Vol. 4 - La Balade des clampins, 48 pages,
color, 2004
Format: 22.5 x 29.7 cm, hard cover, one story
per album
Rights sold: English, Spanish & Dutch
Anges
Gargouilles
Henriette The Shadow’s Treasure
Dans les villages
Vol. 1 - Psaume 1, 48
200148 pages, color,Vol.
trésor
Vol.pages,
1 - Lecolor,
Voyageur,
2003
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de trop,
56 pages,de
color,l’ombre)
1998
1 – La Jôle, 48 pages, b & w, 1978
Vol. 2 - Psaume 2,Vol.
48 pages,
shot, 56
88 pages,
pages, color,
two-color,
2 - La color,
Clé du2004
temps, 48 pages, color,
de chien,
19991999
Vol. 22004
– L’Anti-Jôle, 56 pages color, Vol.
19822 – Un tempsOne
Vol. 3 - Psaume 3,Vol.
56 pages,
200556 pages, color,
Format:
19 x color,
29,5 cm,
hard cover, illustrated text
3 - Lescolor,
Gardiens,
2005
Vol.
3 – Trop potes,
56 pages,
2001
Vol.
3 – La Crognote rieuse, 56 pages
color,
Format: 24 x 32 cm,
hard
3 volume
series
Rights sold: English
Vol.
4 -cover,
Phidias,
48 pages,
color, 2006
Le Journal d’Henriette
1984
Rights sold: German
Vol.&5English
- Le double maléfique, 56 pages,
2008
Vol.color
1 – 48 pages, color, 2000
Vol.color,
4 – Le
Rêveur de réalité, 48 pages
Vol. 6 - le Livre des mages, 48 pages,1984
color, 2009
Vol. 2 – 48 pages, color, 2000
Vol. 7 - Scheduled for 2011
Vol. 3series
– 48 pages, color, 2000
Format: 24 x 32 cm, hard cover, 4 volume
Format: 24 x 32 cm, hard cover, one story per album
Format: 22.5 x 29.7 cm, hard cover, short stories
Rights sold: Galician
Rights sold: Spanish & Korean
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